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Parking, what parking?
... the embassy we have to go across town to the airport to talk to Europcar. Fortunately, some of the traffic has dissipated and the trip to the airport is less hair-raising. They still maintain we don't have a car, but Max decides he will let us retain our phantom car for an additional day and since he will also be working tomorrow, as long as we return it before he finishes work at 3pm, he will only charge us for one additional day. ...
Raging Bull
... their capes and fancy footwork; making sure no one is targeted by the wild animal for too long to prevent a potential goring by the bull.
After some showmanship by our human performers, men on horseback (the picadors) return with long spears, which are used to further disable the bull. More blood, more agony for the animal fighting a hopeless fight. After being weakened further, the assistants to the matador near the besieged bull equipped with small spears, which ...
Los Visados de Thailandia
Leímos y leímos blogs sobre los visados requeridos a la entrada a Tailandia, Laos y Camboia, en cada uno de ellos se dan noticias distintas y diversas, en estos viajes cada uno cuenta las cosas según le va como en todo en la vida...
Leímos que había VOA, visa on arrival, para cada uno de los países, a lo cual dijimos: GENIAL! Este año nos despreocupamos de esta tarea. Además en España no hay embajada de ...
Way of the Cross
... Grit, and pleasantly unexpectedly seeing religious undertones.
We then met up with the group for Way of the Cross (the Stations of the Cross). We had another good seat in those streets again, and had a much longer wait this time. It was so very very hot. There were cool statues set up at each of the stations, and it seems like they´ve gone and shuffled what each of the stations are again. We were by when Jesus falls ...
1,2,3 Start your engines
... que por supuesto siendo las 6 AM ni loco vas a la habitacion. Asi que a dejar la valija mas grande y a recorrer un poco hasta que a las 14 me dejen entrar a la habitacion. recorro un poco solo (desde la puerta del sol,donde estan algunos que quedan de las protestas, hasta llegar al parque el retiro pasando por la gran Via me meto en algunas iglesias bien viejas y me echan de una por sacar ...